What follows is list of some of the best plagiarism checker softwares and websites for students.
An Audit Report published by the Commission for University Education (CUE) on the quality of university education in Kenya indicated that many Universities and students do not check for plagiarism before submitting their papers, CATS or dissertations.
List of Online Plagiarism checker websites
We have used all the softwares listed below to check for plagiarism. As an institution, teacher, lecturer or student you will need to pay some monthly or annually subscription fee to use any of the plagiarism detecting software below;
- Turnitin.com: This is one of the best plagiarism detection software for students and learning institutions. There are over 15,000 learning institutions and 30 million students currently using turnitin. Turnitin was established 1998 for four university students as a peer review application.
- iThenticate.com: This is a sister company of Turnitin. It is normally used by publishers, government organization, and non-profit organization to check content originality.
- WriteCheck.com: It is a company of Turnitin. WriteCheck is meant for students who want to Check their paper’s to ensure they are cited properly, Check paper for spelling, grammar and usage Plagiarism.
- Grammarly.com: This tools is ideal and of the best in checking grammar errors like (punctuation errors, spellings mistakes, sentence structure e.t.c). It can also check plagiarism but it is not as good as Turnitin.
- Plagscan.com: In terms of plagiarism checking, plagscan comes second after Turnitin. Its ideal for checking general online copy pasting.
- Copyscape.com: Copyscape ideal for WebPage plagiarisms Check. It is commonly used by bloggers to check their website’s content originality.
Bonus: Plagtracker
NOTE: Grammarly.com has a free trial and you might be interested to use it if you have no subscription fee.
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